License plate holder for automobiles.



1 A. HALLERAN.

LICENSE PLATE HOLDER FOR AUTOMOBLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27. I917.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, THOMAS A. HALLERAN,

a citizen of the United States, and residing in the town of Flushing, Queens county,

' in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in License-Plate Holders for Automobiles, of

which the following is a specification, reference. being had to the accompanying draw- 'ngs, forming apart hereof.

The object of this invention is to provide an .improvedlicense plate holder for automobiles which can be readily attached to the automobile, can be assembled readily with the usual rear light and shall provide for efi'ective illumination of the number-plate so that it-sha-ll be distinguishable at night. The invention will be more fully explained hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawing in which it is illustrated and in which, a

Figure 1 is a view in rear elevation of the improved plate-holder.

Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.

Fig- 3 is a i'iew in section on the plane indicated by the broken line 3-3 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a view in section on. the plane indicated by the broken line 4-t of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

The improved plate-holder comprises a bracket or bar a adapted to be secured to the automobile, a casing. b, with means for securing it detachably to the bracket or'bar-c, and means, indicated at c, for securing together the plate-holder and the usual red light (2.

In the construction. shown inthe drawing the bar or bracket (1 is provided at its ends with slots a for engagement with the usual brackets a provided on the automobile for holding the license-plate. The bar or bracket a, being made detachably from the plateholder proper, can be replaced by one or make or another.

another adapted for an automobile of one The casing b is a gen-, erally rectangular casing made of sheet metal, and provided'in its'rear or outer face with a seat b to receive the license-plate e, which maybe of metal with cut-out letters and figures, or of tough glass or porcelain on which the letters and figures are painted with opaque paint.

The casing 22 is secured to the bar or bracket a and the license-plate c is secured to the casing by headed bolts 7 which engage 0 v s. I; S pecincatwn at Letters intent.

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their rear or outer ends with thumbnuts'f, the bolts ,1 passing through slotted openings e in the license-plate. Cushioning washers g are preferably interposed between the bar or bracket a and the forward or inner face of the casing b for the purpose of preventing rattling. The top of the casing is provided with a longitudinal opening (2 shown in Fig. 4 through which the rays of light may fall from the source of light d Within the usual lamp d, and the top of the casing b is also provided with a supplemental casing Z9 shaped substantially as shown in Fig. .1, so as to cover the opening 6 and also to form a seat for the lamp d. A flexible strap it, preferably of metal, is 'hingedly' secured at one end to the casing 22 and at the other end is provided with an ear h ape-rtured or slotted to receive a bolt b also hingedly mounted on the casing and adapted to receive a thumb nut b above the car 71/ By this means the casingand the lamp can be secured together tightly and easily, the strap h and the bolt 17L permitting ready erally illuminated from within by the rays of light which fall from the source of light above the casing there are placed within the casing mirrors I: which are inclined rear-. wardly toward the top, away from the vertical plane, and are also inclined rearwardly toward the middle, away from the licenseplate, so that the rays of light from the source of light centrally located above the casing shall be reflected generally toward the inner face of the license-plate and therefore cause it to be more generally and strongly illuminated from within.

It will be understood that the upper bolts f only pass through the supporting bar or bracket or and that the lower bolts f and their thumb nuts f serve only to hold the license-plate to its seat in the casing, the heads of the bolts bearing directly against the rear wall of the casing.

It will be obvious that various changes in details of construction and arrangement may 1 be made to suit difi'erent conditions "illuminated license-plate in its rear face,

means to support av source of light, a supporting bar or bracket, and bolts passed for? Wardly through .the supporting bar or bracket, the casing and the license-plate, and provided with nuts outside of thelicenseplate.

2. A license plate holder for automobiles, comprising a casing adapted to receive an illuminated license-plate in its rearface, and having an opening through its top, a supplemental casing covering such opening and forming aseat for a lamp, and a flexible band hingedly secured to the casing at one end and adapted to encircle the lamp, and a bolt hingedly secured to the casing on the opposite side of the lamp seat, and having a 15 nut to engage thecorresponding end of the strap whereby the casing and lamp may be held firmly in assembled relation.

This specification signed this 22nd day of June, A. D. 1917.

THOMAS A. HALLERAN. 

